Wright grand slam pushes U.S. by Italy in WBC

Summary of 6 articles · Updated Mar 10, 2013

This is what can happen when you play for the heavily favored USA and you are playing for your WBC lives against Italy. Italy clinched a second-round berth for the first time in its WBC history when Mexico lost to Canada earlier Saturday. The New York Met… (more)s slugger hit a two-out grand slam and the U.S. Wright, the New York Mets star who played for the United States in the 2009 version of the event and is back at third base for the club this year, needed only one swing of the bat to change the fortunes of Team USA in the first round of Pool D play at Chase Field against Italy and possibly for the rest of the competition. Manager Joe Torre said he was finally able "to exhale" after Wright's hit. Mexico was the first team to be eliminated from the bracket after losing to Canada, 10-3, on Saturday in a game marred by a ninth-inning benches-clearing incident. The win by the U.S.

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On grand stage, Wright carries US to big win

David Wright, the New York Mets star who played for the United States in the 2009 version of the event and is back at third base for the club this year, needed only one swing of the bat to change the fortunes of Team USA in the first round of Pool D pla…